[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] TONIGHT PLUG meeting: Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities

[Michael Dexter]

Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement

Who: Steve Dum
What: Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities
Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level)
When: Thursday, March 1st, 2018 at 7pm
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live

Seemingly simultaneously multiple people discovered these
vulnerabilities that exploit CPU data cache timing to cause protected
information to be leaked. I'll start with a review of modern CPU design
features like parallel execution, out of order execution, speculative
execution, branch prediction,cache access and side channels leading up
to the 3 flaws, called Meltdown and Spectre. Including a simple
understandable example of the flaws, and show an actual Proof of Concept.

Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250473318

Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby St. after the meeting.

Rideshares to the Lucky Lab available

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Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer